Shaun Dooley
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Series SeasonSeason 3 episodes2020
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Season 3
Surgeons perform extraordinarily complex and risky procedures to transform lives.
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Episode 155 min2020-10-06
The Pioneers
David Jenkins, a world-leading surgeon at Royal Papworth, performs one of surgery's most technically demanding, and extraordinary, operations. Called a pulmonary endarterectomy (PTE), no other hospital in the UK offers this procedure.
Episode 255 min2020-10-13
Marathon Day
Addenbrooke's and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge are renowned for the expertise of their surgical staff. At both centres, surgeons undertake some of the most complex operations in the world, where technical skill is paramount.
Episode 355 min2020-10-20
No Room for Error
Surgeons Marius Berman and Pedro Catarino take on one of the most difficult transplant procedures at Royal Papworth: the double lung transplant. With donor organs in such short supply, there is even more pressure to execute the operation perfectly.
Episode 455 min2020-10-27
The Surgeon's Dilemma
Surgeons have to balance the considerable risks of a procedure against the risks of not treating their patients' conditions at all. Maureen has an enlarged aorta which could be fatal if it bursts, but the operation to fix it is also very high risk.
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